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      ¦ ¦ " The one Idea , which : History exhibits ' as evermore developing itself into greater distinctness is the Idea of Humanity—the noble endeavour to throw dovm all the barriers erected between men by prejudice and one-sided views ; and by setting aside the distinctions of Religion , Country , and Colour , to ' treat the whole Human , race as one brotherhood , having one great object—the free development - of our spiritual nature . "—Siimboldtfs Cosmos .

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      Rws Of The Week— ** Oe Public Affairs- O...

      rWS OF THE WEEK— ** PUBLIC AFFAIRS- OPEN COUNCIL- THEARTS-^ Twdrtflnt's Message ... * ........ 122 C Ministers , Russia , and our Lord Palmerston ..................... 1238 Three Wednesday Evening Cou-The Presidents fliessttge ............ | ^ Court . 1234 The Anti Poor-Law Movement . 1239 certs ... ..... 1243 gffiSSSJJSSSSte' ^^ iSV S-- . Ministers in the Next Session ... 1235 The Glasgow Athenamm -.. 1239 Paris Letter .....-X ............ 1229 Persia as an Ally of Russia ...... 1235 LITERATUREg ^ M ^ rV ^! .:::::::::::::::::::::: 5 S Wa ± S 2 s * Cases t 0 1235 SWirar :::::::::::::::::: ' 38 Birfchs ' Marriases > andDeaths - 1244 Lecture on Labour by Daniel V eOnunpotent ...... ... .... 1235 New Book on Australia . ... 1242 roMMPRCiAi affairs-Whittle Harvey .... 1232 The Protestant Turrets m Italy 1236 Children ' s Books . 1243 COMMERCIAL AFFAIRS Sabbatarians Bebuked ............... 1232 Scots whahaewi' Wallace Bled 1236 . ..., . _ City Intelligence , Markets , Ad-Kil ^ S ^ ::::::::::::::::::::::: 55 ; n iv . S 3 & , « M S « c arJ !! p ^ ZS ! f ...- ; ..: ; . &«— . * ** , m

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      YOL . IV . No . 196 , ] SATtTKDAY , DECEMBER 24 , 1853 . [ Price Sixpence .

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      The 'Cabinet Met In Council On Thursday,...

      THE 'Cabinet met in Council on Thursday , and was expected to agree upon a statesman to fill the office of Home Secretary ; but while we write the impression is , that the meeting resulted , in an effort to arrange for the return of Lor & Palmerston . At present the Home-office is vacant , and tlie Ministry is in crisis .

      The important questions for the public , are , how far the change in the Government has effected its general position , the prospects of reform , and , still more , the course of proceedings in the East . As Parliament is not sitting , there exists no means of extracting any distinct information on these subjects , and the public is necessarily misled between the random assertions of those who obey mere anti-Ministerial instincts , or of those who make assertions to extract contradictions , and scarcely less by the partial or intentionally twisted revelations which are made on the side of

      Government . Upon the whole , the impression amongst the beat-informed as to the acts and feelings of Ministers themselves is , that the severance of Lord Palmerston does not indicate so much diversity of feeling amongst the members of the Cabinet as the act itself would imply . That there have been differences , on the subject of the East as well as upon that of Reform , is not denied , but part of the perplexity arises from the fact that , whatever the differences in the East , Lord Palmerston had continued to acquiesce in the policy of the majority of the Cabinet ; and it is stated , that since his l-esignution ho has addressed a letter to Lord

      Clarendon heartily approving of the policy actually executed by that Minister . On the other hand , it has been known for many weeks , that Ministers had accepted Lord Palmordton ' s counsel on the subject of reform ; and although he has flown off » pon one particular point , where be could not obtain the acquiescence of his colleagues , it is not

      understood that that was by any means the most important point under discussion . The actual ciiusos ° f life separation will probably not bo explained tocforo the Ministerial statements in Parliament , but they are of less importance than the influence ¦ which tlic event may have upon the conduct of MinifltorH . .

      Upon the whole , the effect of the rupture and the discussions to which it has given ritfe , is to inc roaso expectation in regard to the Ministerial Bill . l -Vom the discussions which have taken place in the

      Ministerial organs , foreshadowing an official copy of Mr . Locke King ' s little 'Bill , expectation had dwindled down to the smallest point ; and it was with some satisfaction that the public learned how far Lord John Russell had stood to his guns , in proposing before the committee of Ministers a renewal of his five-pound franchise proposition . The cogitations upon the measure , indeed , appear to have diminished considerably , and the latest

      account of it which has oozed out represents it as little more than a measure to disfranchise several boroughs , and to allot the members thus disengaged to some of the larger towns and counties ; in short , a measure on the pattern suggested by the Edinburgh Revieio , repeated by "W . B . G . " ( the well-known signature of Mr . William Rathbone Greg ) in the Morning Chronicle , and collateral ^ supported by " C . " ( presumed to be Mr . Coppock ) in letters from the Reform Club to the Times . There is indeed a statement , not entirely

      without credit , that Ministers have some intention of making the Parliamentary franchise assimilate to the municipal franchise ; and , if so , they must necessarily extend it to a basis at once national and well adapted to the development of local selfgovernment ; to which also every movement in reforming the City Corporation tends . From all that passes , we are inclined to think , in the first place , that doubts prevail in the Cabinet over positive conceptions ; and , in the second place , that the public is not more uninformed as to tho ultimate issue of those discussions than is the

      Cabinet itself . In regard to tho conduct of affairs in the East , it is not to bo supposed that the withdrawal of Lord Palmerston will create any difference . The incentives to vigorous action , and the obstructions . - , . _„ „?¦„ * » , «¦ frt lm fl . tfnp . tad bv a Minister to it too strong to be affected by a Minister

      , , are more or less . The murderous victory of the Russians at Sinopo has not only disclosed the bad faith of that power , but has excited nu indignation in this country which has not yet expressed itself formally in p » l > lio meetings , but vouts itself in murmurs which are distinctly hoard . The British

      public began to be rather exasperated , as well as amused , at tho constant announcement that the British fleet was " about to ( Miter the Black Sea . " It appears probable , however , that the fleet has actually advanced ; and of course before it could 1 ) 0 influenced by the state of fueling in this country . Tho latest advices from Constantinople announce tho arrival of tho protocol and joint note , with instructions transmitted to the Ambassadors

      in the Turkish capital by the Four Powers—a diplomatic proceeding intended to patch up the quarrel between Russia and Turkey after the fashion suggested for the supplemental and explanatory note which Turkey declined some months ago . No one , We believe , expects any success for this " last attempt ; " but the moves have to be played out , and we are approaching the end of that dilatory game . Before it is quite completed , the fleet may have taken up the true thread of the story , and many mails cannot pass before we learn of actions more decisive than any which have

      yet taken place . In the meanwhile , apprehensions have been excited by some of the last incidents in this Oriental affair , which more nearly concern us than the fate even of the Ottoman Empire . Some months back a suspicion had been very gently whispered , that the Queen was not perfectly alone in the conferences with her responsible advisers . The plea of Ministers for adhering to their excessively

      dilatory policy was the anxiety to avoid the infraction of peace , so long as that seemed possible ; but another motive suggested itself from its inherent probability—the great anxiety which all members of tho royal class must feel to avoid any transactions which might shake the occupants of thrones , and bring discredit upon the class

      generally . No royal family likes to see members of its own order go a-begging about the world ; and there is a Royal Family which would feel much sympathy with any dispossessed member of an exalted throne ; and scarcely less sympathy , should certain German Grand Dukes be ousted from their royal estates . It is natural to suppose that

      Queen Victoria should " think of my brother . " That the husband of tho Queen should enjoy a perfect freedom of communication with his consort—that every feeling of his heart should be expressed to his wife , is what public opinion in this country would not only sanction , but desire . And the fate of thrones would be a most proper subject for the Sovereign ' of the United Kingdom to ponder . But the Sovereign of tlw United

      Kingdom cannot act or advise ; ifc is for her Ministers to advise ; her responsible Minister alone can execute the public business of this country . ' Tho suspicions which have been naturally excited cannot remain without . satisfaction . The public will require to be assured that no private royal interests have been intniditd ^^ A ^^ ^ tho consideration of the measures whieh 0 ^ o , ^^ ' ^ . ^\^ ( JJV toresta and honour of the British Emp ir ^ lfc ^ . ^^ l " ¦ ; ,: $$ j £ ^^• iv ^ 'feH ^ f y ^ : < . ^ Lvgi & i f t ¦ ¦ ; v ¦• * \ f {•** ^" ¦ jJP ¦ " ^ tum t ^ A ;^^

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    • Leader (1850-1860), Dec. 24, 1853, page 1, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_24121853/page/1/